Writer-director Hannah Peterson cut her filmmaking teeth on the sets of Sean Baker and Chloé Zhao, learning firsthand how to hone her cinematic voice and bring a fresh perspective to the screen. This can be seen in her radically empathetic debut feature film “The Graduates,” about the aftermath of a school shooting, which premiered at … Read more
The source material for Presumed Innocent Season 2 has been revealed. Created by David E. Kelley, the first season of Presumed Innocent premiered on Apple TV+ in June 2024. The series’ first outing, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich, is based on Scott Turow’s 1987 novel of the same name. Presumed Innocent was renewed … Read more
Looking back, who were the best female slashers? Here are our top 5 best female slashers, based on preferences and impact on the genre. The killers in the slasher sub-genre have been predominantly male, but occasionally we’re treated to the sight of a female blade-wielding maniac – and lately, it seems like we’ve been seeing … Read more
The new body horror film “The Substance” from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat is not for the squeamish. A satire about the tolls of toxic beauty culture, the film is set in a fairytale-like Hollywood. Demi Moore, in a career-best performance, stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister who lives in a fancy apartment in the … Read more
When Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction book “Three Women” hit shelves back in 2019, it became an immediate hit. Featuring the intimate stories of–you guessed it–three women Taddeo followed over years of their lives, the novel gave readers an in-depth and startlingly intimate look into the lives of women who, while so singularly different, are all connected … Read more
Set in a nondescript working-class suburb of Sweden, “Paradise is Burning” focuses on three sisters whose mother is terminally absent. When the school begins to suspect their mother has taken off (again) a meeting with social services looms. This ticking clock adds tension as the eldest girl Laura (Bianca Delbravo) searches for someone to stand … Read more
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star Jenna Ortega isn’t interested in a female James Bond: “We should have our own… I want to see another badass.” Now that Daniel Craig has hung up his Walther PPK, we’re on the cusp of yet another actor being tapped to play James Bond. Some believe that the time has come for … Read more
As you were working with your editors over the many years that you worked on this film, how did you know this was the moment we wanted to end the film on? NR: I think there were many ways it could end. But, I remember one day in DC, Troy was reviewing footage, messaged us, … Read more
Minnie Driver will voice a female version of the Penguin in Batman: Caped Crusader. Batman: Caped Crusader is an upcoming DC animated series that is premiering on Amazon Prime Video this coming August. Per Variety, Driver has been cast as a gender-swapped version of the notorious Dark Knight villain. She will be named Oswalda Cobblepot … Read more
Well, that forest is very beautiful. The people living there, and all of Poland, are very proud of that forest. It’s the oldest forest in Europe, and it has a lot of very natural spots that are untouched by mankind, as well as a lot of wild animals and everything. So tourists go there a … Read more